Kawasaki Heavy Industries joins aerospace quality program

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. (KHI, Tokyo, Japan) has become a subscribing member of the Nadcap accreditation program. Nadcap Subscribers are aerospace prime contractors that have demonstrated design authority and control over supplier quality throughout their organization.

Nadcap is the aerospace industry-managed approach to conformity assessment that brings together technical experts from industry and government to set requirements for accreditation, accredit suppliers and define operational program requirements in aerospace. It was created, and is managed, by aerospace OEMs to provide supply chain quality oversight and ensure regulatory compliance. It began in 1990 and is administered by the Performance Review Institute (PRI).

KHI comprises approximately 100 groups in Japan and overseas. It makes products for land, sea and air, with Kawasaki aerospace division active in products ranging from aircraft to satellites. Its aerospace work also deals with, for example, manufacturing large composite structures (the forward fuselage) for the Boeing 787.

“Our suppliers are such an important part of the overall process of ensuring that Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., products achieve the highest levels of quality,” says Yuji Matsuzaki, associate officer, group manager, engine manufacturing group, Aero Engine Business Division, aerospace systems company of Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. “Through the Nadcap program, will work together with the wider aerospace industry, towards agreed audit criteria for critical manufacturing processes, thereby further building up the strength of our supply chains, and ultimately, helping to safeguard the safety of passengers.”

KHI is active in a variety of businesses, driven by diverse and high-level engineering technologies, including environmental and recycling plants, industrial plants, precision machinery, industrial robots and infrastructure equipment. Finally, it operates its leisure and power products business, featuring the motorcycles known as the Kawasaki brand.